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In fall 2025, the Schinkel Pavillon will present “Magic Bullet” – the first large-scale solo exhibition in Germany by British artist Issy Wood (b. 1993). A new series of works will be on view that respond to the striking architecture of the site.
Issy Wood captures our world with her tempting paintings–on canvas, on music instruments or furniture covered in shiny velvet–based on her astute observation of objects, events and the human mind. Her distinguished, old-masterly painting fluctuate between realism and surrealism, a pictorial form that is as uncomfortable as it is seductive and which the New York art critic Barry Schwabsky described as “perverse realism.” Despite, or because of, her anachronism in technology and subject matter, Wood seismographically records the sentiment of her generation in such a unique way. Her hyper-modern visual language stems from her iPhone, but she also draws on antiquated sources such as estate catalogs or …
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Image above: Lobotomy goals study, 2025. © Issy Wood 2025, courtesy the artist; Carlos/Ishikawa, London; and Michael Werner Gallery. Photographer: Damian Griffiths.
